How to make a painting by numbers from a photo?
A painting by numbers in itself is an original gift, and if it is made individually from a photograph of the person being congratulated, then its value increases several times. Fortunately, the availability of available software that transforms one type of image into another allows you to create such a present yourself.
Peculiarities
To make a painting by numbers from a photograph, it is not enough just to develop an outline sketch. It is important to immediately determine how many colors will be involved in the coloring, and where the paints themselves will come from.... In principle, the size of the product is immediately pretended to. No less important is the further printing of the resulting workpiece: it should be carried out in a photo workshop or printing house, necessarily using dense material as a basis - canvas, Whatman paper or cardboard.
Creation with programs
"Coloring"
To independently make a picture for coloring by numbers, you will need to use one of the special programs. For example, it could be "Coloring" by the Russian developer HobbyLine. The whole creative process is pretty quick and easy. First of all, the user loads the photo to be converted into the program. Next, the basic parameters are set. "Coloring" can simply select the colors closest to the original shades, or be guided by the products of real manufacturers.
There is also an option with mixing common tones, the proportions of which will have to be determined by the artist himself.
You can even load your own palette, after which the program will also tell you which of the paints should be combined to get this or that color.... If necessary, the layout indicates what the designations of paints should be - numbers / letters, the brightness of the contours is selected.
The more detailed the quality setting is done, the more difficult but realistic the finished product will be.
After selecting all the parameters, it remains only to click "Create" - and you can admire the finished picture. By the way, in "Coloring" the finished work can be finished and transformed in every way. As a result, the user will receive not only a black-and-white scheme with contours, but also a color map, which will tell you exactly what paints from Russian manufacturers to fill in the white gaps.
PBNify generator
You can do the coloring yourself with the help of an online service called PBNify generator... In the loaded image, by placing dots, it is determined how many colors are to be used, as a result of which a map of color areas is formed. The more there are, the more interesting the finished coloring will be.
Pressing a special button will show the user outlines with numbers, after which, if the image suits him, he will only have to print it.
To save the numbered palette, you must first select the "save palette" item.
Adobe illustrator
In principle, a basic program such as Adobe Illustrator is also suitable for home art. The copied photo is stretched to the required dimensions, and then its duplicate is copied to a new layer, which is still in an invisible state. The creation of the circuit itself is carried out by tracing - conversion from raster to vector format. After selecting the image, the style is set - "sketch", the mode - "color" and the palette - "auto". The noise figure is stretched to the maximum, and the number of shades and contours is determined at will.
When a satisfactory result is achieved, the “disassemble” button is activated in the upper part of the window, resulting in the formation of many contours. Detailing is added to the image by drawing with a pencil over the previously enabled invisible layer. The newly created paths are copied and moved to the layer with the rest. The work on the coloring ends with the arrangement of the numbers.
PhotoPad Photo Editor Free
Finally, a Windows application known as PhotoPad Photo Editor Free produces good results. After installing and launching the software, the required photo is loaded through the main menu. Next, you need to create the scheme itself, following the chain Menu - Tools - Paint by Numbers. In the menu that opens on the right, you can set the number of shades, determine the amount of anti-aliasing and set the size of the area.
The larger the last indicator, the wider each individual fragment of the picture will turn out.
Defining the Output Type, that is, the type of output, will allow you to switch between the original photo, the template for painting, the color palette and the picture after painting. It is most convenient to focus on Image, Template and Colors - the ability to simultaneously see the image itself, the template and the palette. Clicking on Save saves the image, and Print - prints the resulting coloring. If you need to reset the settings, the Reset item will come in handy.
Helpful hints
In order to determine the number of tones in advance, it is recommended to first process the selected photo in Adobe Photoshop, and when saving in gif format, select the appropriate limit. While preparing, it is wise to also improve colors, increase contrast and create accents. It is also worth mentioning that if in the program settings it is proposed to choose between acrylic and gouache, it is better to give preference to the first option.... Such paint dries quickly, and the brush can be cleaned without problems even with water, and therefore its use will turn out to be convenient even for a beginner in creativity.
